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Product	GitLab Container Scanning by GitLab View product	Aqua Trivy by Aqua Security View product
Overview
What it is	GitLab Container Scanning is a CI/CD container image vulnerability scanner for Vulnerability Management. See features and Container Security alternatives.	Aqua Trivy: OS & language package CVE scanning and IaC misconfiguration checks. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare Container Security alternatives.
Product type	CI/CD Container Image Vulnerability Scanner	Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner
Best for	Cloud-Native DevOps, Kubernetes Teams, Tech, FinTech, Enterprise	Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Container Runner; Native CI/CD pipeline job; Container runner	CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step
Data residency	GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted	Local / Open-Source / Offline
Key features
What it offers	Automated container image scanning Trivy & Grype engines Merge request vulnerability widgets Policy-based build gating Container SBOM Container Security Vulnerability Management CI/CD Security	OS & language package CVE scanning IaC misconfiguration checks Hardcoded secret detection SBOM generation CI/CD quality gates Container vulnerability scanning IaC misconfiguration audits Open-source supply chain security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Docker ImagesOCI ContainersKubernetesGitLab CI/CD	LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR	Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	GitLab CI/CDGitLab Container RegistryDockerKubernetesTrivy	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code
Industries	Cloud-Native DevOpsKubernetes TeamsTechFinTechEnterprise	Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering
Regions	GlobalUSEU	Global
Vendor
Company	GitLab	Aqua Security
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	2,000+	501-1,000
Founded	2011	2015

GitLab Container Scanning

by GitLab

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Aqua Trivy

by Aqua Security

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Overview

What it is

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab Container Scanning is a CI/CD container image vulnerability scanner for Vulnerability Management. See features and Container Security alternatives.

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Trivy: OS & language package CVE scanning and IaC misconfiguration checks. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare Container Security alternatives.

Product type

GitLab Container Scanning

CI/CD Container Image Vulnerability Scanner

Aqua Trivy

Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner

Best for

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud-Native DevOps, Kubernetes Teams, Tech, FinTech, Enterprise

Aqua Trivy

Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering

Pricing

Pricing model

GitLab Container Scanning

Contact Vendor

Aqua Trivy

Contact Vendor

Free trial

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Deployment

Deployment options

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud

Aqua Trivy

On-Premise

Deployment details

GitLab Container Scanning

CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Container Runner; Native CI/CD pipeline job; Container runner

Aqua Trivy

CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step

Data residency

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted

Aqua Trivy

Local / Open-Source / Offline

Key features

What it offers

GitLab Container Scanning

Automated container image scanning
Trivy & Grype engines
Merge request vulnerability widgets
Policy-based build gating
Container SBOM
Container Security
Vulnerability Management
CI/CD Security

Aqua Trivy

OS & language package CVE scanning
IaC misconfiguration checks
Hardcoded secret detection
SBOM generation
CI/CD quality gates
Container vulnerability scanning
IaC misconfiguration audits
Open-source supply chain security

Platform & access

API access

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Single sign-on (SSO)

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Role-based access (RBAC)

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Multi-tenant

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Mobile app

GitLab Container Scanning

Aqua Trivy

Supported platforms

GitLab Container Scanning

Docker ImagesOCI ContainersKubernetesGitLab CI/CD

Aqua Trivy

LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters

Compliance

GitLab Container Scanning

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR

Aqua Trivy

Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab CI/CDGitLab Container RegistryDockerKubernetesTrivy

Aqua Trivy

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code

Industries

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud-Native DevOpsKubernetes TeamsTechFinTechEnterprise

Aqua Trivy

Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering

Regions

GitLab Container Scanning

GlobalUSEU

Aqua Trivy

Global

Vendor

Company

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Security

Headquarters

GitLab Container Scanning

San Francisco, California, USA

Aqua Trivy

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

GitLab Container Scanning

2,000+

Aqua Trivy

501-1,000

Founded

GitLab Container Scanning

2011

Aqua Trivy

2015